The Irish standard., 1887-12-03
BLAKE AT GLENSHARROLD D.
The Canadian ex-Minister Of Justice
Makes a Few Plain
Remarks.
RECEIVED WITH LOUD CHEERS.
The Distress Prevailing in the South
West of ireland is Truly
Deplorable.
Cork Weekly Herald, Nov. 5th, 1881

rCork Weekly Herald Nov. 5th 1887.
The deputation OF English visitors
who were present at the great county
demonstration: heard yesterday in Linn
erick, proceeded to-day to Glensharrold
the scene of recent eyictions al the in
stance of Mr. j. G. Delemege, j. p,
The visitors were MI. Blake, eN-Min-
lister Of Justice, Canada: Mr. FL. j. Will.
son. member for Lincolnshire; and Mrs.
Wilson, president of the Yorkshire
Ladies Home Rule associations; Mr..
Bruce and Mr.. Day. They were ACCOM-
panied by Ir William Abraham, M.
Z. for West Limerick; MIR. John Finu-
cane, III. p. for East Limerick; and Mi.
Robert Gibson, g. member OF the Pro
testant Home Rule association. The
deputation was met at Ar(!agh station,
where they alighted, by the Rev. Rob
ert Ambrose, c. c., and a large NUM-
ber of persons, including several Of the
GlensharIoId tenantry, who accorded
them very warm reception. They got
| Immediately on the cars provided for
their accommodation, and drove to
Glensharrold, the people on the way
cheering Justify. The Newcastle brass
baud and contingent met the visitors
shrrt distance fro.p Glensharrold and
joined the procession. The day was
old and showery, and the wild, barren
mountain district, with it's bogs and
nnjres, wratched novels, and cheerless
prospects, stood out in all it's gloom and
misery. O,ca again the question was
ASKED how human life could be s,ls-
taiued in such q place not to speak OF
raising rerlt. The place was evidently
designed TO, one object the supplying
Of fuel to the inhabitants OF the hahita-
bic districts lying around; but man
having, by dint Of toll arl sweat, re-
claimed considerable portion Of the
bog, and a heavy rackrent being ixe<:
| upon the land So improved. is why all
the present troubles have arisen, and
that public sympathy and support are
sought by the poor tenantry in their
struggle for Justice, Several Of the
houses in The 1.eighborbood Of the caves
were visited, and there the visitors
heard the now we'll known tale Of suf
fering and rack-renting, want and
/; misery, which the tenants have SO long
and patiently endured. Indeed, had
not Father Ambrose taken their case
in hand and exposed their wrongs to
the world, they would have continued
to bear their heavy load ,ulnoticed and
unknown. Mr.. Wilson a:,d Mr.. Blake
entered the upper story Of the gable end
Of John O G;onnor's house and tock Oh
seryations Of She window through which
it was stated an attempt was made to
throw Mrs O'Connor on the occasion
Of her eviction, Father Ambrose con-
Quoted the deputation to tie top OF q
nill overlooking the dark valley, and
large number Of the tenants assembling
all tne circumstances connected with
the eviction, rackrents, etc. were fully
explained.
Before departing. Mr. Wilson, NJ. p,
who was greeted with cheers, SAID he
was glad be had visited them. but he
was sorry to find them 10 such an un-
fortunate condition. He WAS not an
Irish tenant or All irish lawyer. and be
did not pretend to understand all about
their turbary and houses, but there was
one thing: he was clear about, and that
was that they were not in that position
in which they ought 60 be in. He was
glad to tell them that through the ex-
ertions of their representatives: the
people of England were getting more
aud more enlightened on The Irish ques.
tion. The people Of England had been
about us ignorant Of the real condition
Of the Irish people and of the way they
were treated by the landlords and the
unjust laws that had been enforced
upon them, as people could possibly be,
but that was now changed. English
men We're beginning to understand the
troubles and grievances of the Irish
people, and though they had plenty of
trouble and grievances in their own
country, Englishmen were saying, eve
will first see justice done to Ireland, be-
cause the wrongs OF the Irish people
are greater than ours (cheers). Let!
the, people follow their own trusted
leaders, and victory would soon be
theirs (cheers).
The deputation then drove through
the widest part of the mountain dis
trict, and visited the houses Of several
of the evicted tenants, They were
shocked at the sight Of 9 Wretched hov
81 inawhich a family Of Of sixteen had i